If a patient presents with nausea and epigastric pain, the cause may well be acute pancreatitis. Here is how the condition is diagnosed and treated. Pancreatitis has a unique pathologic mechanism ...

Pancreatitis is the inflammation of the pancreas, a vital organ that produces digestive enzymes and insulin to regulate blood sugar. Dr. Anderson says the condition can be either acute or chronic and ...

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Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) is the main treatment for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI). PERT replaces the digestive enzymes that the pancreas does not produce or release. EPI ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Pancreases taken from chick embryos secrete amylase in vitro when stimulated by cholinergic drugs. Rates of secretion increase with ...